I don't know if this will help, but do you have someone from undergrad who can be informative and understand you & your needs/wants? I just mean that's where I've gone for advice of some kind career-ishly.
And yeah, med school is like that (except not the snooty nose up thing of thinking I shouldn't go, just fam not understanding). I tried to get advice on places to go and I'm now thinking the advice had a good heart but not a good mind. And then talking about schedules, exams/board certification, etc etc, I have to explain it Every time its mentioned. It's bad enough meeting new people and having them ask where I am in reference to grey's anatomy, but explaining monthly to my family makes it not worth talking about.
teaching/TA'ing is definitely something i'm very interested in. two concerns:
1) i have no idea if it applies for an MFA or arts-related program the same way it does for a more academic course of study. but i have an (unfounded) idea that there's less money offered in that kind of course.
2) so far i've only found ONE program that really offers what i'd want to be studying and wouldn't require me to move to L.A. for some reason i have a total mental block against going there...in fact, somehow, savannah, georgia is starting to sound like a better option! and i think that only applying to one program would hurt my chances of finding somewhere that would offer me money.
i really just need to find someone who has experience in this. some very basic information would probably be enough.
Obvs. the University of Texas is a state school, so we're not pricey like the fancy private colleges, but still, out of state tuition can be a bitch.
I know several people in many different departments and courses of study at UT (including fine art folk), and I don't know a one of them who is actually paying to go to school. Between grants, fellowships, TA/AIships, there's a really good chance someone will give YOU money to go to their school.
if you want to hang we can talk about grad school stuff. you're right though, in the field you want it is harder to get grants and TA positions but it's not impossible. but you also went to a great school and got good greats and have an awesome resume. this all pretty much puts you at the top of the list for a lot of things. my school offers an entrance scholarship for high grades the last two years of undergrad so you might be able to find stuff like that.
are you a ny resident? that could help you too. are you thinking about applying to SCAD? You should tell me what places youre thinking about, I might know someone there.
I think that if school is what you want, you should go for it. It's a really good time to be in school. If we play our cards right, by the time we're super qualified, the job market will be better.
i am a ny resident, but most of the programs i'm finding in-state aren't exactly what i want to study. so far the only program i'm seriously interested in is the production design MFA at SCAD.
....actually tasha, i'd really love to get together and talk about this with you. i don't know why i didn't think of asking you before. maybe we can have a drink sometime this week? or weekend, if you've got work.
i might have some advice, since I'm doing the whole grad school thing... and my sister is working to get into a Master's program for art conservation, particularly native American art - which is highly specialized... I'm not sure exactly how she's finding programs/paying for it - cause she is definitely living on a coffee shop income - but she has been extremely successful at finding information and figuring out how to get where she wants to be (she's going to do this program in CT on native American art this summer). I could give you her email and I'm sure she'd be happy to help. Also - how I'm paying for grad school - tuition remission - maybe, once you find a program that you absolutely love, try getting a job at the university - that's what my friend Christina did - she loved NYU Wagner, so she applied to every job at NYU that she thought she could do/put up with for a few years - and then applied. I know getting a job now (even at a university) is hard - but it might be worth it if they'll pay for your education. But first you
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ps - I don't know if you remember her, but Andrea from GTT is finishing her MFA from Brooklyn College in Design and Technical Production. It's through the theater department, so its focused on theater, instead of film, but i thought I'd throw it out there - if you were interested, and wanted to know her opinion of the program, i could connect you two.
ha, yeah, i remember andrea...that's the girl that beller (drunkenly, at a cast party of some kind) kissed, prompting you to kiss me. ah, college.
i looked into that program at brooklyn college, but it seems very focused on designing for the theater. which is not really what i'm looking to study.
although i wouldn't mind asking her if there were other programs she considered...maybe something that wasn't the right fit for her might be worth looking into for me.
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And yeah, med school is like that (except not the snooty nose up thing of thinking I shouldn't go, just fam not understanding). I tried to get advice on places to go and I'm now thinking the advice had a good heart but not a good mind. And then talking about schedules, exams/board certification, etc etc, I have to explain it Every time its mentioned. It's bad enough meeting new people and having them ask where I am in reference to grey's anatomy, but explaining monthly to my family makes it not worth talking about.
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teaching/TA'ing is definitely something i'm very interested in. two concerns:
1) i have no idea if it applies for an MFA or arts-related program the same way it does for a more academic course of study. but i have an (unfounded) idea that there's less money offered in that kind of course.
2) so far i've only found ONE program that really offers what i'd want to be studying and wouldn't require me to move to L.A. for some reason i have a total mental block against going there...in fact, somehow, savannah, georgia is starting to sound like a better option! and i think that only applying to one program would hurt my chances of finding somewhere that would offer me money.
i really just need to find someone who has experience in this. some very basic information would probably be enough.
well, i guess there's always the library.
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I know several people in many different departments and courses of study at UT (including fine art folk), and I don't know a one of them who is actually paying to go to school. Between grants, fellowships, TA/AIships, there's a really good chance someone will give YOU money to go to their school.
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are you a ny resident? that could help you too. are you thinking about applying to SCAD? You should tell me what places youre thinking about, I might know someone there.
I think that if school is what you want, you should go for it. It's a really good time to be in school. If we play our cards right, by the time we're super qualified, the job market will be better.
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i am a ny resident, but most of the programs i'm finding in-state aren't exactly what i want to study. so far the only program i'm seriously interested in is the production design MFA at SCAD.
....actually tasha, i'd really love to get together and talk about this with you. i don't know why i didn't think of asking you before. maybe we can have a drink sometime this week? or weekend, if you've got work.
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i looked into that program at brooklyn college, but it seems very focused on designing for the theater. which is not really what i'm looking to study.
although i wouldn't mind asking her if there were other programs she considered...maybe something that wasn't the right fit for her might be worth looking into for me.
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